by admin | Aug 23, 2021 | Community, Equity in the Outdoors, Groundwater Resources, Hill Country Tourism, Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, One Water, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
People in the Hill Country say they have fought for months to keep the pristine Sabinal River waters clean. Last May, the Young Life camp at LoneHollow Ranch applied for a permit that would have allowed them to discharge up to 60,000 gallons of wastewater a day into...
by admin | Aug 20, 2021 | Community, Equity in the Outdoors, Legislature and Regulation, News
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $167 million in 12 states to deploy broadband infrastructure (PDF, 360 KB) in rural areas without sufficient access to high-speed internet....
by admin | Jul 13, 2021 | Community, Equity in the Outdoors, Legislature and Regulation, News
Climate science is having its moment. With the recent administration changes, climate change is getting attention at the national level through much-needed bold and ambitious federal policy developments. “We must listen to science — and act,” the Biden administration...
by admin | May 27, 2021 | Children in Nature, Community, Equity in the Outdoors, Land Conservation and Stewardship, News
A FEW YEARS AGO, pediatrician and clinical scientist Nooshin Razani treated a four-year-old girl whose family had recently fled Yemen and settled in the San Francisco Bay Area. The family had received news the night before that members of the father’s family had been...
by admin | Apr 29, 2021 | Community, Equity in the Outdoors, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Water Quality, Water Resources
A new proposal from the state’s environmental agency would make it easier for community members who don’t speak English to participate in the public permitting process for refineries, chemical plants and other industrial facilities. The proposed rule follows a...
by admin | Apr 22, 2021 | Community, Economics of Sound Planning, Equity in the Outdoors, Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Native Landscapes, News, Planning and Development, Public Lands, Regional Planning, Scenic Beauty, Texas Hill Country Conservation Network, Water Planning, Water Resources
About 4,500 years ago, native Texans mapped their waterways on a cave wall in the Pecos River Valley. A rock painting called the White Shaman Mural shows four dots along a sinuous red line. Gary Perez, a descendent of the Hokan-speaking peoples of South Texas, said...
